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Evolution Vocab Review

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Oxygen on earth made byplants
Natural selectionbest adapted survive, mate & pass on their genes
Homologous structuressimilar origin but different structures
Biochemical evidencecomparing DNA in organisms
Polygenic traitseye color, skin tone in humans
Adaptationcharacteristic that helps organism survive
Incomplete dominancered and white plants make pinkbabies
Fossil recordevidence of life on Earth
Speciescan mate and have viable babies
Vestigial structuresno longer used in an organism
Sex-linked traitshemophilia and colorblindness
Incomplete dominancehuman blood typing;
Embryological developmenthow unborn babies grow
Codominancegreen and yellow parakeet
Populationsmallest unit that can evolve
Stabilizing selectionheterozygote survives
Directional selectionmost hummingbirds have long beaks
Geographic isolationwhy animals on mainland look different from those on islands nearby
Adaptive radiation1 species becomes many over time
Coevolutionflower looks like female wasp
Drug resistancebacteria evolve to be immune
Disruptive selectionboth homozygotes survive
Passive immunitybaby gets milk from mother
Active immunityone gets sick, then well again
Vaccinegives immunity to specific disease

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